In Xinjiang, one becomes very accustomed to the adage, “Big Brother is watching you,” except replace Big Brother with President Xi. Xinjiang is a surveillance state; it relies on the grid-management system, where cities are divided into squares of approximately ...
North Korea is known for being an economically isolated country, a foreign policy pariah and the occasional subject of memes about its leader, Kim Jong Un. Beyond those impressions, the country has also been carrying out cyberattacks as an alternative ...
Around this time last year, the South Korean television series ‘Squid Game,’ released by Netflix, took the world by storm. Audiences spent their time recreating the famous Dalgona candy, scratching out shapes with a pin and dressing up in green ...
In 2022, the film Return to Dust, which depicts the life of people in rural China, received positive feedback from Chinese netizens. The film’s positive reception stemmed from its vivid portrayal of the struggles of lower-income Chinese people. Despite receiving ...
“I can’t go back even if I wanted to. After [COVID-19], we are all like the Wanaka tree”. On Aug. 1, 2022, New Zealand officially reopened its border to visitors from all over the world for the first time since ...
“True Beauty,” “My ID is Gangnam Beauty” and “All of Us Are Dead” — if these titles sound familiar, that’s because they’re the names of television shows that have brought Korean culture to the forefront of modern entertainment. “All of ...
In December 2020, a 31-year-old Cambodian migrant worker named Nuon Sokkheng was living in a greenhouse without proper heating when she passed away on a farm in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Unfortunately, Sokkhen’s death was not an isolated incident, ...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – It’s a humid night in Itaewon, Seoul’s touristy hotspot packed with restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The street is filled with party-goers and food vendors; nightlife has seemingly made a full recovery from the stringent social distancing ...
TikTok and vlogs are widely popular among youth in China. In late January this year, the popularity of these mediums merged with commentary on social issues when a blogger uploaded a video of a chained woman in a small village ...